Bolivia has its first 24 chess players who will compete in Paraguay

From December 1 to 6 in Asunción, Paraguay, the South American Youth Chess Festival will take place. With a view to this event, the Bolivian Chess Federation is selecting the athletes who will compete on behalf of the country.

So far there are 24 chess players who have qualified to that international tournament in the second national of the sub-16 and sub-10 categories, which took place on the second floor of the Félix Capriles stadium in Cochabamba, where 60 ‘thinkers’ from different departments of the country participated.

The first six men and the best six women of the U-16 and U-10 are already part of the national team, but only the first will have the expenses paid for lodging and food, the rest will have to do it with their own resources.

The Bolivian Chess Federation (FBA) also awards Bs 1,000 to the winners of each category as help to cover the cost of their ticket to the Paraguayan capital.

Those classified in the under-16 men are Pedro Avilés from Tarija (with 290 points), Matías Saavedra from Cochabamba (190), Jonathan Montevilla (160), Isaac Fernández (150), Gabriel Vélez (110) and Jhoel Morales (90).

In girls under-16, the top six are the valluna Carla Gareca (320), Luz Soliz (200), Lesli Rojas (180) and Laura Gareca (160); in addition to Milka Beltrán from Oruro (90) and Valeria Torrejón from Cochabamba (70).

In boys under-10, they were classified Raikonen Torrico from Pandino (200), Isaí Álvarez from Santa Cruz (200), Jhoy Claros from Valleno (190), Gael Cortez from Santa Cruz (170), Alejandro Alacoria from Potosí (140) and Leinier Machaca from Santa Cruz (110).

In the U-10 women’s branch, the best are Flor Tórrez from Santa Cruz (250), Mariana Fernández from Cochabamba (250), Dominic Rosas (200), Lenny Quispe (190), Wanda Vargas (130) and Amanda Montevilla (90).